By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, “I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor released a new report entitled The Imperial Presidency to highlight the Obama administration’s massive regulatory overreach and disregard for the legislative process. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been on the frontlines...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, has scheduled a third, bipartisan Clean Air Act forum for Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The third forum continues the theme of the first two events: “State, Local, and Federal Cooperation in the Clean Air Act." Participants representing state, local, and tribal governments will be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the New England Compounding Center and one of its former owners to seek documents related to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis as well as the history of investigations and operations of the NECC and associated entities.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested additional information from the Food and Drug Administration regarding its oversight of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, which has been linked to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis. In December...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expanded their investigation into the recent fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a contaminated injectable steroid compounded and distributed by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts. Of the 14,000 patients injected with the drug product, fourteen people have died and at least 170 people have been sickened across the nation.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested a bipartisan briefing from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) regarding the recent multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak that has proved fatal for over a dozen individuals. Federal officials have linked the contaminated...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate today urged President Barack Obama to refrain from issuing an executive order exerting regulatory influence over the Internet in the name of cybersecurity. The members expressed concern that using executive power...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested information from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the establishment of its new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS). Members wrote to FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff seeking answers regarding FERC’s statutory authority and OEIS’ jurisdiction, funding, and responsibilities.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to U.S. Comptroller General and head of the Government Accountability Office Gene Dodaro requesting a study of federal spending used to support energy-related technologies. Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are continuing their investigation into the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program, seeking information regarding the department’s $400 million stimulus loan guarantee awarded to now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Abound Solar.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested bipartisan briefings from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated spinal steroid injections. According to the CDC, eight people have died and over 100 people have been sickened across nine states, and it is expected that the number expected may rise in the coming weeks.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today expressed concern to the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) about a “stimulus" program that awarded $1 million to the U.K. company SamKnows to conduct a broadband speed test, an initiative that produced no American jobs according to the administration’s website Recovery.gov.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after President Barack Obama signed S. 710, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, into law. This new law will modernize the way the federal government and states...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today repeated their calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the numerous outstanding requests from members of Congress, the Republican Governors...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) called on Health and Human Services...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an interview with ABC News on Oct. 3, 2011, President Obama made his first public comments on the Solyndra bankruptcy, launching the administration’s China defense in attempting to explain away the failed $535 million loan guarantee to the California solar manufacturer. He said, ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: President Obama issued a presidential proclamation this week declaring October 2012 “National Energy Action Month." He stated, “I call upon the citizens of the United States to recognize this month by working together to achieve greater energy security, a more robust economy, and a healthier environment...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Department of Health and Human Services to explain waste and what appears to be inadequate or non-existent oversight of the open-ended federal checks awarded to states to establish health care exchanges through...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking on spectrum incentive auctions. The spectrum auctions, which will generate revenues, spur investment...
